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... booming economy in 2001. While that history lesson may have made your eyes glaze over, here is a quick and interesting summary of the dollar/peso exchange situation, and another pessimistic view of the economy. Oddly, the largest currency note printed in Argentina is the 100 peso bill. The government fears that larger bills would be an admission of ...

We finish our loop in Fiddletown and the light was perfect for picture taking and the town terribly quaint and rather ramshackle.

Home to our little cottage. Kassy and I had a wonderful time making crispy shallots, ribeye steaks and a lovely arugula, pear, blue cheese salad topped with toasted pins nuts. A delicious meal with loved ones to end a beautiful day.

... of them have names - humans only give names to things they feel emotional about. Pets, ships, stars, cars, and bloody enormous trees too. There was some sadness - a few sequoias have been killed by the thoughtless actions of a few humans. The Mother of the Forest tree was killed in the 1850's when all of her bark was removed to transport first to New York, then to London for an exhibition. Her inner trunk is still standing but she ...

Today we went to Yosemite National Park. It was a 2 hour drive from our hotel. It was a long windy road up, and we got stuck behind a tractor trailer which slowed things down even more. The park was beautiful. As we arrived into the park, we drove south heading to Mariposa Grove, so that we ...

We hurriedly packed up due to the wasps, and then we were all squished into the baking hot van and back on our way towards Yosemite. Graham told us about an abandoned town called Chinese Camp, which had an amazing general store filled with authentic Navajo goods and which was run by a Kiwi guy. We drove through the town and it was literally just a load of houses that looked like ...